Essay on Foster Care

awareness for foster children in the foster care system. Through the telling of his story and his ultimate walk halfway across America, Wayne hopes to raise awareness for the issues foster children face—especially for those aging out of the foster care system or suffering homelessness. The book shows a world not seen by most people through Wayne’s own heartbreaking and honest story of his difficult childhood. It is an inspiring tale that teaches the importance of “being somebody” in a foster child’s life

or Transgender (LGBT) household. Same-Sex Adoption is controversial because many people throughout the world are against LGBT adoption; but when faced with the number of kids who pray everyday for someone out there wanting to be the parent of a foster child, it is difficult to understand why the topic of gay adoption is controversial. Yes, there can be a bad outcome but there can also be a very good outcome of these kinds of adoptions. The LGBT Adoption situation can be fixed by allowing any

themselves? Most of the people think that the kind of parents they may have are not responsible and cannot provide the best for their child. Probably some do not have parents anymore or some children are being abandoned to a fostering agency that can take care of their child. But what could be the other reason why children are in fostering agency? There are a couple of reasons why they are in fostering agency. Mostly is because of family issues. There are children that cannot feel the love of their parents

Youth who age out of the foster care system are faced with several challenges. Aging out of foster care refers to children who are discharged from care, namely care that is no longer provided by the government, usually between the ages of 18 and 21. Many of these young adults are forced into independence, with little to no resources helping them assume adult responsibilities. Youth that age out of the foster care system have a higher likelihood of becoming homeless, lack job training skills, and

orphanages and foster families for children in need, often housing kids that have been neglected or abused, with nowhere to go. Furthermore These children need a lot of love and support, and Eliada Home is one of those organizations providing quality foster care, child care, and therapy to meet that need. Need “I’m alone. I’m hungry and I’m shivering in the dark.” (Pelzer 3). These words from a desperate child remind us that not all children have access to foster care. Without foster care, kids would

Are They Here to Help? Children of all ages and races are abused by parent, care takers, family and even friends. Children who are abused by their birth families are often removed from these families by the state to protect them from further harm. Foster Care or Out-Of-Home care (OOH) is a system that provides for children who were somehow abused but mainly emotionally or physically abused. But imagine if the human race created a future where abuse was not tolerated. That the human race wasn’t perfect

Over 28% of children in state care are abused while in the child care system. Once placed in the foster care system, a child is not always guaranteed to be safe from abuse. Ashley Rhodes-Courter was abused in one of the foster homes she was put in. She was starved and beaten almost on a daily basis when living in the home. Courter in a span of nine years went through fourteen different foster homes and attended nine different schools. Although Ashley Rhodes-Courter was not in the most nurturing environment

adoption is a very difficult decision for a mother to make. Today, many children are being parented by a single parent, a grandparent, a stepparent, foster parent or other parent figure. Making adoption an option is done by providing loving, responsible, and legally permanent parents to a child when their biological parents are not able or will not take care of them.(Carter) The adoption process strives to serve the best interests of children should be the main focus in deciding all issues of adoption

classrooms are foster children (Morton, 2016, p.99). Often time teachers and administrators do not know their students are in foster care, and are unaware of why they may have negative behavior in the classroom. Children in foster care are sometimes subjected to trauma, abuse or neglect, which causes their negative behavior in school, and ultimately affects their education (Morton, 2016). The United States continually emphasizes the importance of attending college, but for many foster children post-secondary

Far too often foster children are not given the appropriate care and attention required to successfully rehabilitate mentally. In the article, “Foster Youth are Traumatized Enough: Why Psych Meds Should be Better Regulated” Tisha Ortiz discusses the need for improved mental health services for foster children and closer monitoring of prescription psychotropic medication for children. Tisha Ortiz is a former foster child and student at California State University, East Bay. Ortiz creates a compelling